< Esther 7 >
1 And the king comes in, and Haman, to drink with Esther the queen,
Maka untuk kedua kalinya raja dan Haman makan minum bersama-sama dengan Ester.
2 and the king says to Esther also on the second day, during the banquet of wine, “What [is] your petition, Esther, O queen? And it is given to you; and what [is] your request? To the half of the kingdom—and it is done.”
Sambil minum anggur, raja bertanya lagi kepada Ester, "Nah, Permaisuriku, apa yang kauinginkan? Katakanlah! Pasti akan kuberikan meskipun kauminta setengah dari kerajaanku."
3 And Esther the queen answers and says, “If I have found grace in your eyes, O king, and if to the king [it be] good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;
Jawab Ratu Ester, "Kalau Baginda berkenan, hamba mohon supaya hamba dan bangsa hamba boleh hidup.
4 for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for menservants and for maidservants we had been sold I had kept silent—but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.”
Sebab hamba dan bangsa hamba telah dijual untuk dibunuh. Andaikata kami hanya dijual untuk dijadikan budak, hamba akan berdiam diri dan tidak mengganggu Baginda. Tetapi kini kami akan dibinasakan dan dimusnahkan!"
5 And King Ahasuerus says, indeed, he says to Esther the queen, “Who [is] he—this one? And where [is] this one whose heart has filled him to do so?”
Lalu bertanyalah Raja Ahasyweros kepada Ratu Ester, "Siapa yang berani berbuat begitu? Di mana orangnya?"
6 And Esther says, “The man—adversary and enemy—[is] this wicked Haman”; and Haman has been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.
Ester menjawab, "Haman yang jahat inilah musuh dan penganiaya kami!" Dengan sangat ketakutan Haman memandang raja dan ratu.
7 And the king has risen, in his fury, from the banquet of wine, to the garden of the house, and Haman has remained to seek for his life from Esther the queen, for he has seen that evil has been determined against him by the king.
Raja marah sekali, lalu bangkit meninggalkan meja dan langsung ke luar, ke taman istana. Haman tahu bahwa raja telah mengambil keputusan untuk menghukumnya, sebab itu ia tetap tinggal dengan Ratu Ester untuk memohon supaya diselamatkan.
8 And the king has turned back out of the garden of the house to the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther [is], and the king says, “Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?” The word has gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.
Dengan putus asa Haman menjatuhkan dirinya ke atas dipan Ester untuk mohon ampun, tetapi tepat pada saat itu juga raja kembali dari taman istana. Melihat Haman begitu, raja berseru, "Apa? Masih juga ia berani memperkosa ratu di sini, di hadapanku dan di istanaku sendiri?" Segera setelah kata-kata itu diucapkan raja, para pejabat datang dan menyelubungi kepala Haman.
9 And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, says before the king, “Also behold, the tree that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing in the house of Haman, in height fifty cubits”; and the king says, “Hang him on it.”
Lalu kata Harbona, seorang dari pejabat-pejabat itu, "Baginda, di dekat rumah Haman ada tiang gantungan setinggi dua puluh dua meter. Haman telah mendirikannya untuk menggantung Mordekhai, orang yang telah menyelamatkan nyawa Baginda." Lalu perintah raja, "Gantunglah Haman pada tiang itu!"
10 And they hang Haman on the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king has lain down.
Demikianlah Haman digantung pada tiang yang telah didirikannya untuk Mordekhai. Baru setelah itu redalah murka raja.